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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Keeping the metadata in standard resized images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keeping-the-metadata-in-standard-resized-images/)
 *  Thread Starter [cometary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cometary/)
 * (@cometary)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keeping-the-metadata-in-standard-resized-images/#post-3965659)
 * Thanks for at least responding. But adding metadata isn’t my problem–my photo
   editing software does that for me–it’s keeping the metadata.
 * The issue is I have metadata in place when I upload the original files, and my
   image library plugin does a good job of using that data for other things I need
   when working with the full-sized images (some of that metadata is quite detailed),
   but the standard resized images are stripped of that data. That means if I use
   one of my images on the text part of my blog, it no longer has data (no info,
   no copyright, etc.). And it’s many many images. Currently, I’m manually adjusting
   the size of each image from fullsize within a given posting, but I used to be
   able to select, say “medium” and it would keep its metadata without my having
   to carefully edit the image size by hand each time.
 * Any ideas? Surely there’s an up-to-date plugin that does that (or a WordPress
   update in the pipeline, maybe?)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Media Library Assistant] Could you provide a guide for beginners on using custom fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-you-provide-a-guide-for-beginners-on-using-custom-fields/)
 *  Thread Starter [cometary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cometary/)
 * (@cometary)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-you-provide-a-guide-for-beginners-on-using-custom-fields/#post-3891242)
 * Thanks for your help on both items. I’ve had some fun learning how to use the
   MLA features that are within my skill-set. And I’ll keep a look-out for your 
   next updates. btw, I was totally delighted to donate to your fair-trade group.
 * I wonder if you might consider adding something to MLA to help keep the metadata
   on those intermediate-size images, at least as an option. The WordPress codex
   says there is an option in the media settings, but I think that’s old info. Most
   anyone using your plug-in has a deep interest in their images and those pre-sized
   smaller images are so handy for including in mainly-text blog postings, but the
   only thing I found that kept that metadata is an old (WP 1.5!) plug-in that finally
   seems to have become obsolete or at least unreliable.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Media Library Assistant] Could you provide a guide for beginners on using custom fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-you-provide-a-guide-for-beginners-on-using-custom-fields/)
 *  Thread Starter [cometary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cometary/)
 * (@cometary)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-you-provide-a-guide-for-beginners-on-using-custom-fields/#post-3891200)
 * Wow! Thanks for such a strong starting push. I’ve been experimenting and trying
   out mappings to help me organize my uploads as well as getting them properly 
   tagged during posting. I’ve run into 2 oddities:
 * 1) When I do the process to add a custom field name, it does work–and is very
   useful– but the new field is not in the drop-down box for adding a new mapping
   rule on the IPTC settings page, it MIGHT be in the drop-down box on the Custom
   Settings page (I tried 2–your IPTC example and a Copyright Notice and it did 
   it for just the copyright notice), and it WILL be in the drop-down box on a specific
   Edit Media page. A bug? Or a constraint on new fields that may not be appropriate
   for mapping rules at some level?
 * 2) Previousy, if I included a media file in a post and then downloaded the image
   while viewing the post, the file’s metadata was transferred with the image. That
   isn’t working since I started doing these manipulations. That is, all of the 
   file information (apart from the file name) is missing, not just the bits I have
   been using. Is there a switch somewhere that is triggering a “cleaning” of the
   metadata as the file is downloaded? I ran a test post with some of my new and
   old files, and there is a sudden change in what comes down in a transfer. However,
   the information is still there when I inspect the online file using MLA or the
   regular Library.
 * Sorry to keep asking questions…it only demonstrates a keen interest in using 
   MLA….really!

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